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4211 stories by Philip Conneller
Pace-O-Matic Compliance Officer Sees $400K Seized in IRS Probe
The former compliance officer for Georgia-based skill-games manufacturer Pace-O-Matic has landed himself in hot water, apparently for noncompliance with the Internal Revenue Service. Rick Goodling, a former corporal with the Pennsylvania State Police, resigned as...
Mohegan Sun Baccarat Dealer Allegedly Stacked the Deck in $124K Scam
A baccarat dealer at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino resort is accused of stacking the deck to benefit a gambler with whom he was allegedly in cahoots, The Day reports. Investigators claim the pair swindled the...
Orleans Slot Machine Mix-Up Leads to Senior Stabbing Gambler
A senior citizen from Las Vegas is accused of stabbing a man with a steak knife in a row over a slot machine at the Orleans Hotel and Casino. Mitchell Graham, 70, has been charged...
Suncity Illegal Gambling Ops Handled $42B in Bets from China
Gamblers from the Chinese mainland plowed the equivalent of US$42 billion into online gambling sites owned by former Macau junket giant Suncity, Chinese state-controlled media has reported. China Central Television (CCT) said Monday this was...
Lucky Bucks RICO Suit Filed Alleging $200M Fraud
Former employees of the Georgia-based slot machine operator Lucky Bucks fraudulently siphoned ‘illegal dividends’ out of the company before its recent bankruptcy. That's according to a RICO lawsuit filed by the company’s new management. The...
Bet365 Posts Loss Due to US Markets, CEO Coates Still Gets £270 Million
Big money spent on North American expansion saw Bet365 slip to a pre-tax loss of £72.6 million (US$93 million), according to the company’s latest filings. But it’s not clear whether the company’s publicity-shy CEO Denise...
iGaming Bad for New Jersey Economy, Study Claims
Online gambling has had a net negative impact on New Jersey’s economy, a new study claims. The research, from NERA Economic Consulting, concluded that the state was about $180 million worse off in 2022 than...
Poker Champ Who Claims Kidnap Sent Coded Message While Missing
Incredible new details have emerged in the case of Michigan poker player George Janssen, who claims he was kidnapped and held captive in a basement for 35 days. Janssen, who had been reported missing by...
SIS Ends Greyhound Simulcast Operations in US
Sports Information Services (SIS), the racing industry content giant, quietly withdrew its greyhound simulcast operations from the U.S. market at the end of last year. The company had provided thousands of races a year to...
New Jersey Problem Gambling NPO Wants Race Discrimination Suit Tossed
Lawyers for the Council of Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCG) have asked a judge to toss a racial discrimination suit brought by a former executive director. Plaintiff Neva Pryor, who is African American, sued...
